Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 12:32:51 -0500 From: Robert Ftizpatrick <robert@webtent.com> To: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> Cc: Micah <micahjon@ywave.com>, Tofik Suleymanov <tofik@oxygen.az>, Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>, FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Override prompt when deleting a file Message-ID: <1132335171.30630.23.camel@columbus.webtent.org> In-Reply-To: <437E01C9.50209@daleco.biz> References: <1132321525.30630.3.camel@columbus.webtent.org> <44wtj6m2kz.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <1132326705.30630.7.camel@columbus.webtent.org> <437E1478.8040501@oxygen.az> <437DFA2F.6090205@ywave.com> <1132330095.30630.16.camel@columbus.webtent.org> <437E01C9.50209@daleco.biz>
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On Fri, 2005-11-18 at 10:31 -0600, Kevin Kinsey wrote: > >>>>>>I'm logged in to my FreeBSD 5.2.1 box as 'admin' via ssh, why would I > >>>>>>receive this override prompt? > >>>>>> > >>>>>>-bash-2.05b$ ls -la massage.xls > >>>>>>-rw-r--r-- 1 admin admin 4463104 Aug 29 17:25 massage.xls > >>>>>>-bash-2.05b$ rm massage.xls > >>>>>>override rw-r--r-- admin/admin for massage.xls? > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>Check the permissions on the directory? > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>-bash-2.05b$ ls -la > >>>>total 460441 > >>>>drwxr-xr-x 18 admin admin 1024 Nov 18 08:38 . > >>>>drwxr-xr-x 5 admin admin 512 Jan 4 2005 .. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>To original poster: is the immutable bit set on the file? > >> > >> > > > >I don't believe so...is this how you tell? > > > >-bash-2.05b$ ls -lo massage.xls > >-rw-r--r-- 1 admin admin - 4463104 Aug 29 17:25 massage.xls > > > > > > see chflags(1). Most likely it is. If you really want the file gone, > (as root*): > > #chflags noschg massage.xls > #rm massage.xls > I'm sure I can make it happen. My problem is the rsync backup everynight fails to delete this and other files like it saying 'Permission denied'. So, I am assuming it is because of this issue. The rsync script logs in as admin. How can I resolve this? -- Robert
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